The second day of the conference will consist of academic papers on a variety of aspects of Brink’s work, such as influences, context, the blending of history and fiction and the relationship between language and music. Reference will be made to a great many of his books, for example The Ambassador, An Instant in the Wind, The Other Side of Silence, Imaginings of Sand and, of course, his latest Man Booker Prize longlisted novel, Philida. Academics who will take part include Karina Magdalena Szczurek, Marius Crous, Tatjana Pavlov-West, Andries Visagie, Jochen Petzold and Willie Burger.